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and the democratic administration kept him in placement unfortunately the obama administration, which did make the good decision to keep bop gates on the job did not make the good decision to listen to him about either iraq or afghanistan. and made a number of other critical errors which led directly to what is now the third war in iraq in my lifetime war against the islamic state in iraq and syria a war that -- i do look forward to jim being here. in his book, jim argues that isis the islamic state in iraq and syria which i argue is al qaeda 3.0 steve asked how the war on terror has gone, and certainly if -- on september 12, 2001 someone had told any of news the room, except their naval academy kids who were in diapers at that point big diapers sometimes the kid up there, there would not be another significant attack on the united states territory in those 14-15 years we would have been delighted and astonished that was the case. in fact there have been a great number of successes in the war against al qaeda and the broader war against radical islamic extremism, and the drone war has
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it was declared under the obama administration and he was the head of that force. from an authority standpoint he is to be treated like al-baghdadi, like osama bin laden, like some of the terrorists across the united states. if we have the chance to take content and prevent future loss of life, which was by the reporting going to happen. i'll take the sensitivity of it is that many of these intelligence sources and many of the tech domains, weather satellites or interception would have you are still ongoing. we're still -- they're still actually being used and the lasting what to do is divulge the sources and methods to her enemies. this isn't from decades ago. they are active and ongoing. right now i'm off a from my perspective, i find it much because members of the armed services committee that with actionable intelligence to stop the future loss of life and did not take it, i would be screaming from the rooftops about why that wasn't done. because like you and your losses, the thought of sitting across the table from another goldstar family, from another maimed
it was declared under the obama administration and he was the head of that force. from an authority standpoint he is to be treated like al-baghdadi, like osama bin laden, like some of the terrorists across the united states. if we have the chance to take content and prevent future loss of life, which was by the reporting going to happen. i'll take the sensitivity of it is that many of these intelligence sources and many of the tech domains, weather satellites or interception would have you are...
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but he told that to the obama administration and to the press and public and told numerous members of congress but yet when it came down to what he didn't do it and for somewhat obvious reasons now which is not back then but he sensed that there was another current in his caucus that will come after him if he made that move so i get that. but tip o'neill is somewhat similar figure to the day he was viewed as old-school in the 18 eighties and viewed by the proponent of democrat and having fights with ronald reagan over taxes and viewed by some as not willing to do with reagan. but tip o'neill likes john boehner so the immigration reform and control act not once or twice but three times literally pulls the bill off the schedule at a time when it could pass. i must say i thought during that 2013. what are we not doing that we could add more pressure to the left cracks but what were we offering and in there be nothing if we played it differently. but i do believe we did not play all the cards that were in our hands. someone going forward as if we are serious about reform not necessarily a
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first the bush administration and then the obama administration is taken a very tactical approach to the war on terror. they have never stepped back and thought broadly about how do we get the aunt the whack-a-mole strategy. >> maybe the cycle you described has a particularly incendiary stage ready u.s. is occupying another country. a political scientist at the university of chicago as shown in iraq there was never history of practice of suicide law means that the worst suicide awnings began when we occupied the country. >> iraq saddam's regime did not have any meaningful relationship to al qaeda, was not involved in any widespread terrorism. there were some isolated events before and the chaos that we created through the invasion is what led to the growth of terrorism in iraq. that's very unpopular to say. people don't want to remember. people see isis on on television who were black so they look scary and they have a very ahistorical view of where devices come from, forgetting the last decade of our involvement in iraq. >> john you you have been mostly nodding in agreement i think
first the bush administration and then the obama administration is taken a very tactical approach to the war on terror. they have never stepped back and thought broadly about how do we get the aunt the whack-a-mole strategy. >> maybe the cycle you described has a particularly incendiary stage ready u.s. is occupying another country. a political scientist at the university of chicago as shown in iraq there was never history of practice of suicide law means that the worst suicide awnings...
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now we have the obama administration. we haven't seen any refugees in the oval office, but we have seen a human rights envoy that actually makes north korea and, you know, talk with the north koreans, raised human rights with the north koreans, even though that was a probably relatively short conversation. what do you see as the merits and demerits in pressure situations? >> i think it is great that the obama administration and for instance come up robert king has been able to make two trips or more to north korea. i think that is great. the more that we can open the dialogue with these issues with the north, the better. literally part of what he was doing, as you know, was to try to negotiate a humanitarian assistance package for north korea in terms of food, more than it was to talk about human rights abuses. the fact that he was there was very important. as you know well, the dialogue on human rights is an interesting dialogue. you can tell them that they need to improve their human right situation and the response wil
now we have the obama administration. we haven't seen any refugees in the oval office, but we have seen a human rights envoy that actually makes north korea and, you know, talk with the north koreans, raised human rights with the north koreans, even though that was a probably relatively short conversation. what do you see as the merits and demerits in pressure situations? >> i think it is great that the obama administration and for instance come up robert king has been able to make two...
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think about what we have now the to congress in the 30s and 60s and under the obama administration they passed these broad laws delegating authority to the agencies. they are constantly making it all the time and now to stop the wall making which is supposed to be the status quo under the system the congress has to go through all those hoops to stop the agencies from imposing more burdens and regulations, so it is a complete flipping upside upside down of the constitutional system. >> host: today conservatives would want to overrule and say the court get into it. >> guest: this was an interesting struggle in the world of jurisprudence there are some who i say wide, justice scalia for example was quite loyal a fan of chevron. the judge was asked while on the dc circuit which i think is the most important in the country industry wedded to chevron but in the recent years you've seen justice clarence using justice clarence thomas who i also clerked for has been raising doubts and several opinions for last term has questioned and asked maybe that should be overturned -- >> host: beginning to
think about what we have now the to congress in the 30s and 60s and under the obama administration they passed these broad laws delegating authority to the agencies. they are constantly making it all the time and now to stop the wall making which is supposed to be the status quo under the system the congress has to go through all those hoops to stop the agencies from imposing more burdens and regulations, so it is a complete flipping upside upside down of the constitutional system. >>...
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we have set the stage and understand what has been under the obama administration. jesus didn't exist a decade ago. seven years ago as the al qaeda and iraq franchise. today it is the most significant jihadist organization or the last 90 years. it is the first you have your nation to capture territory in multiple countries have multiple regions. local rom in nigeria is a sworn part of isis and the islamic state that was declared out of mosul two and half years ago. they have money, capabilities and the scary of course, think about this. politics out of the equation because politics was undermining national security assessment or the white house years of president obama. since the caliphate to a naff years ago, we have killed or arrested 125 people in america linked to isis. not 25, not 35. 135. when omar in 19 killed 49 american and her window, what did he stop to do halfway through? he picked up his cell phone and did what? called 9-1-1, not to bring that to swear allegiance to the islamic state. things that the last administration's attorney general tried to censo
we have set the stage and understand what has been under the obama administration. jesus didn't exist a decade ago. seven years ago as the al qaeda and iraq franchise. today it is the most significant jihadist organization or the last 90 years. it is the first you have your nation to capture territory in multiple countries have multiple regions. local rom in nigeria is a sworn part of isis and the islamic state that was declared out of mosul two and half years ago. they have money, capabilities...
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i met with the people that preceded me in the obama administration and they felt was more thethere was more they coud utilize in the white house and i think we try to take that to heart and had many opportunitiey opportunities to bring democrats over for meetings and many say to the team we've been to the white house more times than trump then the whole obama administration? i think that they have their own objectives and the sense is that he worked hard his first years in congress and republicans took over and he became more executive to work on the legislative side. i hope for us we can continue to work on the website of process. >> was prepared you for this click >> i'm not sure if anything prepares you. you just have to come in with a humble perspective knowing there's going to be members of congress park are upset at your job is to make sure that you navigate the process and from thend up onthe agenda as best a. >> this is a town with a lot of egos. >> there are a lot of people look at it for their own attention and that can be frustrating but hopefully the people on our team are
i met with the people that preceded me in the obama administration and they felt was more thethere was more they coud utilize in the white house and i think we try to take that to heart and had many opportunitiey opportunities to bring democrats over for meetings and many say to the team we've been to the white house more times than trump then the whole obama administration? i think that they have their own objectives and the sense is that he worked hard his first years in congress and...
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now we have the obama administration we haven't seen that the refugees in the oval office but we have seen an envoy that actually went to north korea and talked with the north koreans and raised human-rights with them all the wood was a relatively short conversation. what do you see as the merits of those approaches? >> i think it's great that the administration has been able to make a trip to north korea, i think that's great. the more we can open the dialogue with these issues with the north the better. i think part of what he was doing well was to try to negotiate a humanitarian assistance package in terms of food more than the human rights abuses but the fact that he was there i think was important. as you know the dialogue with the north koreans on human rights is kind of a ridiculous dialogue because you can tell them you need to improve your human rights situation and the response to you will be and we've had this conversation at the official level the response will be you the united states have human rights problems, too. that isn't a considerable discussion, so i think what p
now we have the obama administration we haven't seen that the refugees in the oval office but we have seen an envoy that actually went to north korea and talked with the north koreans and raised human-rights with them all the wood was a relatively short conversation. what do you see as the merits of those approaches? >> i think it's great that the administration has been able to make a trip to north korea, i think that's great. the more we can open the dialogue with these issues with the...
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you were in the obama administration. in egypt. when they were launched against libya. and when president obama first raised the redline in syria can you tak us quickly through those cases. is really interesting as well when answer the question about what led me to this. the oth reason i wanted to give this a hard think and d some research about it is my own personal experience. ama who as much as anything has the principal opposition to regimehange. he opposed the iraq war. he was will placed against john mccain. they supported the surge and obama early on and raised estions about just the sort of things i'm talki up. then when they were the unknown state sator. when he says, i'm not against war i'm just against those wars that will empower a qaeda. and lead to all in sorts of unintended consequences. that was ironing thathey were opposed to this and finds hielf pursuingimilar objectives. all of these regim changes are different. they have difrent motivations. what is similar i the notion that the united states can decide that a particular regime is so proematic. that
you were in the obama administration. in egypt. when they were launched against libya. and when president obama first raised the redline in syria can you tak us quickly through those cases. is really interesting as well when answer the question about what led me to this. the oth reason i wanted to give this a hard think and d some research about it is my own personal experience. ama who as much as anything has the principal opposition to regimehange. he opposed the iraq war. he was will placed...
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also in other areas it seemed to me that the obama administration was taking a turn that was much more in accord with our interest than with the previous at minister since had. for example, in the middle east where i think it is a very clear that israel will not be able to achieve security unless they stop the settlements and began a real negotiations and clearly that has been an issue you also that the obama administration has taken on. >> host: the word registered democrat but almost prominent foreign policy positions under two republican presidents, ronald reagan and george bush. it's also very clear from your book that you admire ronald reagan. >> guest: absolutely. >> host: how did it happen that you became his foreign policy assistant adviser on all matters russian? the reason i'm asking is you were a career foreign service officer. you were known as a pragmatist. you were registered democrat. and then ronald reagan, welcome here was an ideologue, the ultimate cold warrior. why did he turn to you to have this is very important position? >> guest: first of all, my being registered
also in other areas it seemed to me that the obama administration was taking a turn that was much more in accord with our interest than with the previous at minister since had. for example, in the middle east where i think it is a very clear that israel will not be able to achieve security unless they stop the settlements and began a real negotiations and clearly that has been an issue you also that the obama administration has taken on. >> host: the word registered democrat but almost...
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white obama running with the bush administration. although difficult but one year later we rallied the people and we want a number of seats to have exciting things from 1987 and 1988 my liberal friends think they should not run and on election night republicans with 34 percent i have 31 percent democrats got 19 percent. two years later iran for the state seat and i won by 16 points. after 16 years running for the senate in 2006 when you know, the senator chose not to run for reelection and running again as the wealthiest guys in this state up to that point the most anyone had spent was 2.5 million but he spent 7 billion. we raised 5 million but we won by of very strong margin in 2012 so that is my political history. so now i will take you and tell you a little bit about the book. . . i tried to do everything i could with what i believe it was a very bad tax agreement between brock obama and the republican leadership. at a time when they have a trillion dollar national debt, the most uneven distribution of doubt from any country it se
white obama running with the bush administration. although difficult but one year later we rallied the people and we want a number of seats to have exciting things from 1987 and 1988 my liberal friends think they should not run and on election night republicans with 34 percent i have 31 percent democrats got 19 percent. two years later iran for the state seat and i won by 16 points. after 16 years running for the senate in 2006 when you know, the senator chose not to run for reelection and...
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. >> in 2017 ltte people face the very big challenge we do have recent victories during the obama administration but now clearly wearying grave danger to be reversed. we have a downward generation that grew up under her obama that never knew this struggle my generation went through it was part of my impetus to write the book of what people to know what it took to get us there. >> where does the title come from? >> it came from a daydream one day when i was much longer would it would be like in we were just beginning to understand but for my generation to understand and if we could all rise up what happens when people rise? >> host: how did you become connected to harvey milk? he just turned 40 had been through many different careers was a republican and living most of his life in the caucus then open and a camera store for word of transforming that scandinavia and an irish neighborhood. he was a very kind and compassionate man and very funny but what i want people to know is sea is a very ordinary person he was not a saint he was full of all of the challenges that most of us into our inner zero
. >> in 2017 ltte people face the very big challenge we do have recent victories during the obama administration but now clearly wearying grave danger to be reversed. we have a downward generation that grew up under her obama that never knew this struggle my generation went through it was part of my impetus to write the book of what people to know what it took to get us there. >> where does the title come from? >> it came from a daydream one day when i was much longer would it...
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year after year 5410 then it comes to the obama administration with a new health care system. add another 25. no one says take the weight belts off. it is time we remove it to compete with the rest of the world to compete with the rest of america. [applause] >> i will tell you i just brought together a task force of a lot of new members we would be to my office regularly and i want them to become the individual paul ryan. if we created the agency today would daybook the same? said kohl is make them efficient and effective and accountable why do we have so much duplication? why would we not modernize? the v.a. system still uses paper when a first started the newspaper with the news from the radio. we should be able to change. we know it isn't an easy task that we will not give up. i'll is like to say when i give a speech you should be like liz taylor. she says there will lecky pilon. [laughter] tonight i talked about to a significant and that they were just that. just men that they had transformed this country and this world. there are certain things that you never forget they
year after year 5410 then it comes to the obama administration with a new health care system. add another 25. no one says take the weight belts off. it is time we remove it to compete with the rest of the world to compete with the rest of america. [applause] >> i will tell you i just brought together a task force of a lot of new members we would be to my office regularly and i want them to become the individual paul ryan. if we created the agency today would daybook the same? said kohl is...
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the obama administration, jay carney yesterday in a press conference promised once provisions kick in, we were really going to like it, but so far, that's not the case. we are starting to see their delaying provisions of the law so even as the obama administration finds out what's in it, they don't seem to like it very much. that's sort of been a problem. i think overall, with the sequester and all of the, you know, the horrifying, you know, predictions that were made, oh, about how, you know, the economy was going to collapse if we had the sequester and airplanes would not be able to fly and school buildings would be bulldozed and everybody would lose their jobs, and we'd sort of not seen many of the dire predictions come to pass, and we've seen that government can survive a little bit of a diet. this summer of big government, we have to ask ourselves, is there anything we can do to begin to roll it back? the sequester, obviously, while a nice start, it's certainly completely inadequate to the job of containing massive federal spending. you know, we talk about reducing, when we reall
the obama administration, jay carney yesterday in a press conference promised once provisions kick in, we were really going to like it, but so far, that's not the case. we are starting to see their delaying provisions of the law so even as the obama administration finds out what's in it, they don't seem to like it very much. that's sort of been a problem. i think overall, with the sequester and all of the, you know, the horrifying, you know, predictions that were made, oh, about how, you know,...
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. >> the obama administration decided if we can carve out everyone wanted to protect then we agreed the government could have a big launch program and it could continue. those programs cost us together for the billion dollars and then they were supposed to be launched at 2016 and they have not launched yet currently they are on the pad and then go back to the hanger and come back out for the launch with august at the earliest that is in comparison after $40 billion we have now flown five crews to the space station and space x got two. $5 billion they have flown private citizens and dedicated missions. yes it took a while but we came out fast with the success of space x and then the launch with blue virgin and virgin galactic but if you look at the comparison what we call the commercial crew the return on investment is not comparable. since then the private sector has invested money in that space x and blue origin that can go almost as heavy of the payload that will be in this vehicle that cost $40 billion because we didn't have to do it because something in 2010 or 2011 it was obvious.
. >> the obama administration decided if we can carve out everyone wanted to protect then we agreed the government could have a big launch program and it could continue. those programs cost us together for the billion dollars and then they were supposed to be launched at 2016 and they have not launched yet currently they are on the pad and then go back to the hanger and come back out for the launch with august at the earliest that is in comparison after $40 billion we have now flown five...
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so there is -- it is difficult, important, but i would say that the obama administration's agreement is usually important because 1st of all the demonstration that the chinese care a lot about our relationship with the us. they didn't have to do that but they did. they don't announce these things lightly. they really enhances it. i think it would have been hard to see much progress there without this and having done this it creates a better environment for getting things done. >> i just want to -- our time is up, but this book is a wonderful read. we have been talking about tough issues of the economy today. just read what hank paulson writes about where he was on september 11 and personal engagements with these people. it is an insider's account with a personal touch. i congratulate you on the book. [applause] >> i want to thank andrea for being here and leading the conversation. thank you to secretary paulson. there going to add to your collection of national press club mug's. [applause] >> chose to write about people, places, and memories they were not only important to her person
so there is -- it is difficult, important, but i would say that the obama administration's agreement is usually important because 1st of all the demonstration that the chinese care a lot about our relationship with the us. they didn't have to do that but they did. they don't announce these things lightly. they really enhances it. i think it would have been hard to see much progress there without this and having done this it creates a better environment for getting things done. >> i just...
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nagl you have been critical of the bush administration and to a lesser extent the obama administration. one of the largest criticisms that u.s. policy has gotten we have supportses throughout the middle east dictators for the sake of temporary security but that sort of fostered the rise of political islam and radical islam. given what -- say the failure of the arab spring and just about every country except few near -- tunisia, what do you recommend going forward for the united states in terms of policy and do we support the rise of democracy and who they might elect or go for temporary security and go with the devil you know? >> super complicated. there's no one answer -- there's no one fits all as answer there so were democracy to emerge in saudi arabia, hang on to your hats right and the most radical islamic country population in the world the number one funder of al qaeda, the source of 15 of the 19 september 11th september 11th hijackers and they've gotten more radicalized since them. so democracy in saudi arabia is not something i am in favor of. and so we're -- this is, i believ
nagl you have been critical of the bush administration and to a lesser extent the obama administration. one of the largest criticisms that u.s. policy has gotten we have supportses throughout the middle east dictators for the sake of temporary security but that sort of fostered the rise of political islam and radical islam. given what -- say the failure of the arab spring and just about every country except few near -- tunisia, what do you recommend going forward for the united states in terms...
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none of the networks wanted to have obama on. they gave kickback he wanted to be on prime time and they said they will lose money and he has been dropping so were his ratings. he went over their heads and went directly to the corporate owners and got them to greenlight the program. he went to bob iger and jeffrey immelt and les moonvez rather than the programming heads. of three or financial backers of his administration and iger was named to the export council one year later and jeffrey immelt is the head of one of the chief beneficiaries of the largess of ge and les moonvez once hung out with fidel castro. the networks grudgingly accepted the order by coincidentally two weeks later, "the new york times" runs a story about the pharmaceutical company buying into obamacare because he promised to cap the liability of a billion dollars over 10 years. buried in the article was fascinating tidbits. in order to seal the deal the pharmaceutical companies had to chip in money, $150 million to pay for television advertising in favor of ob
none of the networks wanted to have obama on. they gave kickback he wanted to be on prime time and they said they will lose money and he has been dropping so were his ratings. he went over their heads and went directly to the corporate owners and got them to greenlight the program. he went to bob iger and jeffrey immelt and les moonvez rather than the programming heads. of three or financial backers of his administration and iger was named to the export council one year later and jeffrey immelt...
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so even as the obama administration is finding out what's in it, they don't seem to like it very much. so that's sort of been a problem. and be i think overall with the sequester and all of the, you know, the horrifying, you know, the predictions that were made, oh, about how, you know, the economy was going to collapse if we had this sequester, and airplanes wouldn't be able to fly, and school buildings would all be, you know, bulldozed and everybody would lose their jobs, we've sort of not seen many of those dire predictions come to pass. and we've seen that maybe government can survive a little bit of a diet. so this, in this summer of big government i think we need to ask ourselves is there anything that we could do to sort of begin to roll it back? and the sequester, obviously, while a nice start is certainly completely inadequate to the job of containing massive federal spending. you know, we're talking about even -- number one, we're talking about simply reducing the rate of the growth of government. we're not talking about cutting government when we really talk about the seque
so even as the obama administration is finding out what's in it, they don't seem to like it very much. so that's sort of been a problem. and be i think overall with the sequester and all of the, you know, the horrifying, you know, the predictions that were made, oh, about how, you know, the economy was going to collapse if we had this sequester, and airplanes wouldn't be able to fly, and school buildings would all be, you know, bulldozed and everybody would lose their jobs, we've sort of not...
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administration to provide some temporary protections to continue to live and not turn into a ghost. so this is something. and i wanted to document it and because to see young people try to get involved in the politicalca system and changing hour cultural and civic and political dialogue. here we are. >> we don't give enough credit to the dreamers talking about young people not getting engaged or voting but sometimes they don't have the ability to vote but to make a huge difference for all young people and immigrants across the country. . >> you have an equally inspiring book that power building from a different angle? . >> thank you for being here and choosing this i am happy to be here and i'm envious of the fact jones is speaking in another tent. thank you for choosing me. since i was ten years old i first started the organization that i now run and thehe short version is to recruit first and second generation americans to run for political office. in the eight years i became more and more aware of these amazing stories of immigrants involved in their communities and deciding to r
administration to provide some temporary protections to continue to live and not turn into a ghost. so this is something. and i wanted to document it and because to see young people try to get involved in the politicalca system and changing hour cultural and civic and political dialogue. here we are. >> we don't give enough credit to the dreamers talking about young people not getting engaged or voting but sometimes they don't have the ability to vote but to make a huge difference for all...
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for an administration like george w. bush or barack obama or donald trump or joe biden to decide the political decision to get involved in afghanistan or to stay a while withdraw these are policy decisions. what underlies the decision is an assumption of conditions in the world and whether the tools you have on the security council or statements from the white house or military power, how useful are those in a real-world setting? the top pick is why a president? it is hard to wage war by committee. it never works well. in article 2 of the constitution the first paragraph, the second one talks about the role of commander-in-chief given to the president to be the person to whom the nation looks to secure national interests and later on in article 1, congress provides these tools, army, navy, space force, cyber command and all those things. when you have the secretary of defense, the chairman of the joint chiefs saying we can do things and not other things, should call people to question whether the president really knows t
for an administration like george w. bush or barack obama or donald trump or joe biden to decide the political decision to get involved in afghanistan or to stay a while withdraw these are policy decisions. what underlies the decision is an assumption of conditions in the world and whether the tools you have on the security council or statements from the white house or military power, how useful are those in a real-world setting? the top pick is why a president? it is hard to wage war by...
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katie kieffer discusses the obama administration as relationship with millennials. also books on voting rights, the
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i think that we've seen over the last five years of the obama administration would isolationism in the america taking a backseat would mean to the world and to our own security and publicly to the best example of why it won't work has been in the last five years. yet they maintain. the other area that i am concerned about is just sort of the fundamental idea of how was the libertarian is based upon. it's based on a flawed view of man. they see it and ultimately the view is if people are free to do whatever they want to do and the government is removed and people just have this freedom to exercise their own well, that the world would be a better place. i don't buy that. i don't understand why you have seen anything in human history that would suggest that would result in a good and decent and virtuous society. but baby levi think the fundamental understanding is that humans are essentially good and that if left to their own divided things would be fine. i believe that man is basically falling and needs to have both the family civic institutions and the government to have them all in pla
i think that we've seen over the last five years of the obama administration would isolationism in the america taking a backseat would mean to the world and to our own security and publicly to the best example of why it won't work has been in the last five years. yet they maintain. the other area that i am concerned about is just sort of the fundamental idea of how was the libertarian is based upon. it's based on a flawed view of man. they see it and ultimately the view is if people are free to...
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of course, that was strategy by obama, the obama administration to focus on rush limbaugh, who while he has many fans also has many people who don't like rush limbaugh or so i think right now there is a fight within the republican party to find its leadership. i think that would be very decisive and important election for republicans. at this point i don't think they can regain control of congress. but if they lose badly in 2010 will see a push within the republican party to turn more moderate. >> the conservative ascendancy came out of 2007. and now you have a new book out. it is cowritten with nancy maclean, the american conservative movement, 1945 to the president. first of all, why did you start in 1945? >> i think modern conservatism really emerges that appeared to have been conservatives before the second world war. it is primarily a modern movement. so that's why we began in 1945. >> but why, what happened in 1945? >> i think primarily the emergence of the communist issue and the cold war. i think it really gave the conservative movement impetus. and it was coming together of
of course, that was strategy by obama, the obama administration to focus on rush limbaugh, who while he has many fans also has many people who don't like rush limbaugh or so i think right now there is a fight within the republican party to find its leadership. i think that would be very decisive and important election for republicans. at this point i don't think they can regain control of congress. but if they lose badly in 2010 will see a push within the republican party to turn more moderate....
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the obama administration was going to be that transcendent administration that brought us all together. that is why barack obama earned the white house because he said he was going to be the great uniter. remember that beautiful inaugural address? it was glorious. he said to conservatives, i want to listen to you, especially when we disagree. okay. nice, beautiful, beautiful idea. he was going to meet with conservatives in congress once a week. that was a great idea too. he meant twice, twice, two times. three days after that beautiful speech, the conservatives in congress came to the white house, and they had a meeting, and eric cantor, congressman from virginia, articulated the conservative perspective on increasing taxes, that we shouldn't do it. you know what obama said three days after he said i'll listen to you, especially when we disagree. he said, you lost, i won, i trump you on that. he said he wants the folks who got us into the mess to do less talking and more listening. you can talk a little bit, but i want you to be on the sidelines while we clean this up for you. unbeliev
the obama administration was going to be that transcendent administration that brought us all together. that is why barack obama earned the white house because he said he was going to be the great uniter. remember that beautiful inaugural address? it was glorious. he said to conservatives, i want to listen to you, especially when we disagree. okay. nice, beautiful, beautiful idea. he was going to meet with conservatives in congress once a week. that was a great idea too. he meant twice, twice,...
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the obama administration is litigating against the little sisters and the poor. trying to impose millions of dollars of fines on the sisters under obamacare in order to force the nuns to pay for abortion inducing drugs and others. let me give you all a real simple rule of thumb. if you are litigating against nuns, you probably have done something wrong. [applause] if i'm elected president, the first day in office, i will instruct the department of justice and the irs and every other federal agency that the persecution of religious liberty ends today. [yelling] a very nice young man. a very confused fellow with the bernie sanders campaign is yelling. >> look at yourself in the mirror. ted cruz: the very odd thing is that usually lefties don't believe in god. [laughter] [applause] no, it did not. we need to defend the second amendment. trying to undermine the second amendment to keep and bear arms. we will resend every single illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by this president. we need to defend the fourth and fifth amendments. our rights to priva
the obama administration is litigating against the little sisters and the poor. trying to impose millions of dollars of fines on the sisters under obamacare in order to force the nuns to pay for abortion inducing drugs and others. let me give you all a real simple rule of thumb. if you are litigating against nuns, you probably have done something wrong. [applause] if i'm elected president, the first day in office, i will instruct the department of justice and the irs and every other federal...
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contrary to the promises of the obama administration the nuclear deal did not moderate iran's behavior. in fact, to run untrained. the activities in the region since 2015 in the nuclear agreement has been a bad situation worse by posting to ron's economic and the geopolitical spheres in the nuclear agreement has handed iran in an economic up to a hundred billion dollars and no one knows how much in sanctions and unfrozen assets and this economic transfusion has boosted iran's economy, enhanced its ability to threaten its neighbors with conventional weapons, terrorism and subversion and increased its support for its far-flung surrogate networks. for example, iran increased its defense budget recently announcing that there would be $300 million more in funding for the ballistic missile program and that is very concerning because those are the most worrisome aspects of iran's threats. the current force is a real elite force of the guard and its charge of protecting and advancing iran's revolution, not their national interest and that's important difference since the july 2015 nuclear rema
contrary to the promises of the obama administration the nuclear deal did not moderate iran's behavior. in fact, to run untrained. the activities in the region since 2015 in the nuclear agreement has been a bad situation worse by posting to ron's economic and the geopolitical spheres in the nuclear agreement has handed iran in an economic up to a hundred billion dollars and no one knows how much in sanctions and unfrozen assets and this economic transfusion has boosted iran's economy, enhanced...
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administration has abandoned. linda examines the relationship between the first two women served in sisters-in-law. in mr. smith goes to prison, former missouri recalls time in prison. katherine, profiles of american families living in extreme poverty in $2 a day. in the making of asian america university professor erika lee trace it is role of asian americans in the history of the u.s. specific focus on the joint special operations command in relentless strike. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on book tv. >> shakespeare was writing around around 160 during reign of elizabeth and he was a poet, he wrote and he was also a businessman, he was a shareholder in a theater company and land owner and clear well known for being businessman. henry was the chairman, but first president then chairman of the board, the largest corporation in the world and most reviled corporation in the world at the time, and, you know, shakespeare wrote these plays seven years
administration has abandoned. linda examines the relationship between the first two women served in sisters-in-law. in mr. smith goes to prison, former missouri recalls time in prison. katherine, profiles of american families living in extreme poverty in $2 a day. in the making of asian america university professor erika lee trace it is role of asian americans in the history of the u.s. specific focus on the joint special operations command in relentless strike. look for these titles in...
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general flynn, one of the reasons that he got his positions in the obama administration is because he was a democrat for years and years and years, he'd always voted democrat. he he was a cultural democrat for decades. and and yet he was the person that targeted to to to just as the trump administration was coming in, because they didn't want the military industrial complex challenged, he lost his job with obama because he was challenging it. and you i love at one time, general flynn said to me, said, you know, if there were weapons of mass destruction in iraq, i would have known because i was guy they sent there to find them. he said, floyd, i've turned over every rock in iraq and there aren't any weapons of mass destruction. so these are false narratives that were given year, year by republican, democrat administrations and only did one thing. they kept the military industrial complex in business and growing. so floyd brown who's doing the counterpunching? so the counterpunching is the unlikely alliance and you know my wife daughter is getting married in in october and she's marryin
general flynn, one of the reasons that he got his positions in the obama administration is because he was a democrat for years and years and years, he'd always voted democrat. he he was a cultural democrat for decades. and and yet he was the person that targeted to to to just as the trump administration was coming in, because they didn't want the military industrial complex challenged, he lost his job with obama because he was challenging it. and you i love at one time, general flynn said to...
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what were you do if you were in the obama administration advising if the president of russia? >> guest: first of all we need to get the nuclear genie back in the bottle and you know reagan and gorbachev and the first bush administration we made great progress in reducing the threat of nuclear weapons, progress that has virtually stopped. i think it is close to in saying that the united states and russia still have over a thousand nuclear weapons, enough to destroy the world deployed, why? there's no reason why can see. it's a danger. we let that whole nuclear danger escape to escape the attention of the 90's and second bush administration and i think we need to get back into the obama administration is moving us back in the right direction there. and there's a number of other issues that we need to get back and we go into some of those in the book basically i think that american and russian security interests are much more consistent in conflict and we need to find ways to get back to the sort of cooperation that the reagan and bush administration carried out and get away from
what were you do if you were in the obama administration advising if the president of russia? >> guest: first of all we need to get the nuclear genie back in the bottle and you know reagan and gorbachev and the first bush administration we made great progress in reducing the threat of nuclear weapons, progress that has virtually stopped. i think it is close to in saying that the united states and russia still have over a thousand nuclear weapons, enough to destroy the world deployed, why?...
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the obama administration inexplicably characterized that instead as workplace violence. one of the thing i'm most proud about my tenure in the senate i introduced the legislation to mandate that the purple heart by awarded to those soldiers who were murdered. the obama pentagon fought tooth and nail against that legislation, yet i'm proud to say on the senate armed services committee i was able to earn the support of republicans and democrats. we pass evidence it into law in december and in april. i was at the ceremony where those purple hearts were awarded to each of the family members. i simply shocked their hand, looked them in the eyes and said, i'm sorry. i'm sorry it took five years. to acknowledge the sacrifice of your loved one. when it comes to speaking the truth, this administration does precisely the opposite. we have a president right now who at times operates as an apologist. for radical islamic terrorists. i don't use that word lightly. the word apologist has a very specific meaning. someone that gives a rationalization, justification, for the conduct. i wa
the obama administration inexplicably characterized that instead as workplace violence. one of the thing i'm most proud about my tenure in the senate i introduced the legislation to mandate that the purple heart by awarded to those soldiers who were murdered. the obama pentagon fought tooth and nail against that legislation, yet i'm proud to say on the senate armed services committee i was able to earn the support of republicans and democrats. we pass evidence it into law in december and in...
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i think we have seen in the last five years of the obama administration what isolationism in america taking a backseat will mean to the world and to our own security and probably the best example of why it won't work is in the last five years if they maintain. the other area i'm concerned about is just sort of the fundamental idea of what libertarianism is based upon. i think it's based on a flawed view of man. ultimately the libertarian view is that people were free to do whatever they want to do in the government is removed and people just have this freedom to exercise their own will the world would be a better place. i don't buy that. i don't understand why you have seen anything in human history that would suggest that would result in a good or decent virtuous society that they believe i think the fundamental understanding is that humans are essentially good if left to their own desired things would be fine. i believe man is basically fallen and needs to have the families of institutions and the government to have laws in place and conventions in place to shape and mold that rela
i think we have seen in the last five years of the obama administration what isolationism in america taking a backseat will mean to the world and to our own security and probably the best example of why it won't work is in the last five years if they maintain. the other area i'm concerned about is just sort of the fundamental idea of what libertarianism is based upon. i think it's based on a flawed view of man. ultimately the libertarian view is that people were free to do whatever they want to...
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administration. but tv spoke with secretary clinton about the book and you can find the interview on her website. published in 2003 living history is the account of the time at first lady. she released a children's book about letters written to her family pets and also authored a coffee-table coffee table book about life as first lady. and in her first book it takes a village she argues society that society shows shares of the responsibility with parents for raising children. republican presidential candidate donald trump has also written many books his first several titles released in the 1980s and 90s and early 2000 he released several financial books. he writes about politics and outlined his vision for american prosperity. several of these books have been discussed on book tv a book tv and you can find them on our website. how they do it. you have a reporter from bloomington indiana they really went out of their way. that was basically allowing them to choose how you want to run your business. th
administration. but tv spoke with secretary clinton about the book and you can find the interview on her website. published in 2003 living history is the account of the time at first lady. she released a children's book about letters written to her family pets and also authored a coffee-table coffee table book about life as first lady. and in her first book it takes a village she argues society that society shows shares of the responsibility with parents for raising children. republican...
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the obama administration has a very strong principled commitment set of policies on food security and they put resources and political capital and ambitious food security initiative called feed the future. so that is a clear policy commitment. and the u.n. context, the administration was confronted with how to respond to resolutions, human rights resolutions on the right to food that were introduced by other countries and not oftentimes contained provisions and causes that to varying degrees were really not things the united states could fully embrace. in some cases because they affirm that these statements of the nature of the right poorly framed. and other cases there would be considerations of intellectual property that would come into play. you know, sometimes there is legal interpretations with what the administration was not entirely comfortable. the dilemma would be calm given the administration's clear policy commitment of food security, the objects of voting against or even abstaining and declining to support a resolution that inevitably was favored by the vast majority of ot
the obama administration has a very strong principled commitment set of policies on food security and they put resources and political capital and ambitious food security initiative called feed the future. so that is a clear policy commitment. and the u.n. context, the administration was confronted with how to respond to resolutions, human rights resolutions on the right to food that were introduced by other countries and not oftentimes contained provisions and causes that to varying degrees...
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. >> it sounds like you're saying and this sounds like the obama administration might say that you're paranoid if you say the administrations like obama might actually go after critics and usin usepatriot act and other to persecute i don't know, the documentarians that make films that perhaps are critical of the administration. could we imagine this taking place? [applause] >> i'm sure those couldn't happen today but in world war i, they certainly do. [laughter] >> thank you very much. >> you live in washington, d.c.. would you describe that as a safe city? >> not particularly. >> if there was a -- excellent point. in other words, when there is a danger in a place like washington, d.c. it helps to have a gun doesn't it? if in other words our country is in danger in some ways it helps for us to have some gun. >> if you go to your neighbors house and shoot at him you haven't necessarily made the world safer. but you might install an alarm system in your house. >> why don't we go to world war i and the stupid thing that happened that gave world war ii -- >> a little more to the point. >>
. >> it sounds like you're saying and this sounds like the obama administration might say that you're paranoid if you say the administrations like obama might actually go after critics and usin usepatriot act and other to persecute i don't know, the documentarians that make films that perhaps are critical of the administration. could we imagine this taking place? [applause] >> i'm sure those couldn't happen today but in world war i, they certainly do. [laughter] >> thank you...
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administration he's been a freedom test and he has never lost a debate. and that a very good record so far it ended in a hung jury between him and steve moore. the jury perhaps will be better informed and more courageous. do you feel that way members of the jury? do you mind if i talk that way to make you feel uncomfortable? because we are not tucked in and i'm not reading you a bedtime story. this is the law. will you please stand? as a long-standing advocate and admire her for who has been accused of supporting legislation and policies that have wasted thousands of lives and cost trillions of dollars that was unnecessary the war in iraq and afghanistan supporting the regime change and nationbuilding and industrial conflict far beyond the requirements of the u.s. constitution and often in violation of the most sacred bill of rights including the right to be left alone. it's in there somewhere and how do you plead? the >> not guilty. >> it feels good to say it doesn't have quite >> does. [applause] here's what we are going to do. we are going to have a fi
administration he's been a freedom test and he has never lost a debate. and that a very good record so far it ended in a hung jury between him and steve moore. the jury perhaps will be better informed and more courageous. do you feel that way members of the jury? do you mind if i talk that way to make you feel uncomfortable? because we are not tucked in and i'm not reading you a bedtime story. this is the law. will you please stand? as a long-standing advocate and admire her for who has been...
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you know, i've been in the energy industry my whole my whole career the obama administration would meet with you. the vitamins rachel won't meet with you. they only meet with folks. want to tell them what they want to hear politically, that may be great, but for america it's terrible. you know, i like the the old abraham, you know, the the cabinet of rivals get some really smart people with a lot of experience but that so young people to me that they're going to be the who have to have to pick up the mess that we're leaving them in on a note and young people that one of the numbers i like to throw around and if there's a number that you can remember it's the year 1983 51% of americans were born. after 1983. so think of what that means for people in their perspectives. berlin wall came down in 89 so if you're born in 1983 talking about construction all of you're going to miss some people in that. so it's important to make sure that we're there's a whole nother audience for us engage with. hmm. well, thank you both so much for your remarks and for this wonderful book. excited to bring spe
you know, i've been in the energy industry my whole my whole career the obama administration would meet with you. the vitamins rachel won't meet with you. they only meet with folks. want to tell them what they want to hear politically, that may be great, but for america it's terrible. you know, i like the the old abraham, you know, the the cabinet of rivals get some really smart people with a lot of experience but that so young people to me that they're going to be the who have to have to pick...
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i read an article over the weekend in "the news york times" , which counted as a failure the obama administration's inability to and income inequality. i said wow he was supposed to do that? they expect patience i think were off the charter many fronts but particularly on the racial front which his presidency would be able to do. sure enough black and white gaps in household incomes, poverty, homeownership and other measures all widened during obama's term in office. the job situation for blacks improved towards the end of his second term but lacks did not see their average unemployment rate fall below double digits until the third month of obama's seventh year in office. so now we have more evidence that they have proliferation of black politicians which now includes the twice elected black president has done little to narrow racial gaps in employment and academic achievement in other areas. this is not to say of course that blacks should stay out of politics or not run for office or not engage politically. that's not what i'm saying. what i'm questioning is whether gaining political influence sho
i read an article over the weekend in "the news york times" , which counted as a failure the obama administration's inability to and income inequality. i said wow he was supposed to do that? they expect patience i think were off the charter many fronts but particularly on the racial front which his presidency would be able to do. sure enough black and white gaps in household incomes, poverty, homeownership and other measures all widened during obama's term in office. the job situation...
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the obama administration was going to be that transcendent administration that brought us all together. that is why barack obama earned the white house because he said it was granted a great uniter. remember that beautiful inaugural address and was glorious where he said to conservatives i want to listen to you especially when we disagree. nice, beautiful idea. and he was going to meet with conservatives in congress once a week. the was agreed idea, too. he met twice. so, three days after that beautiful speech, the conservatives in congress came to the white house and they had a meeting and eric cantor, a congressman from virginia articulated the perspective on increasing taxes that we shouldn't do that and you know what obama said three days after? he said i won, you lost. about a week later he said i won the folks that got us into this mess to do a whole lot less talking and a lot more listening. you can talk a little bit but i want you to stay on the sidelines while we try to clean this up for you. unbelievable. gone with any notion of unifying the country of bringing us together. i
the obama administration was going to be that transcendent administration that brought us all together. that is why barack obama earned the white house because he said it was granted a great uniter. remember that beautiful inaugural address and was glorious where he said to conservatives i want to listen to you especially when we disagree. nice, beautiful idea. and he was going to meet with conservatives in congress once a week. the was agreed idea, too. he met twice. so, three days after that...
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from the bush administration, different from the obama administration in terms of dealing with north korea, but in the book i go through the history of these, and in the end they, you know, the packaging was different, but there's a pose positive path on offer which is in return for giving up the nuclear programs, the united states international community provides security guarantees, economic assistance, energy assistance, political normalization, provide money, provide a regional security environment in which north korea could feel safe and secure -- all of these sorts of things in return for giving up their nuclear weapons, but that has not worked. it's failed. it has failed for every administration going back to george hw bush. with the obama administration, we really reached the end of the road with this. many argue the obama administration, at least in terms 6 initial intentions, was the most forward leaning u.s. administration to come into office coming to the north korea problem, and yet it's now in a position indistinguishable from the harder line that the bush administratio
from the bush administration, different from the obama administration in terms of dealing with north korea, but in the book i go through the history of these, and in the end they, you know, the packaging was different, but there's a pose positive path on offer which is in return for giving up the nuclear programs, the united states international community provides security guarantees, economic assistance, energy assistance, political normalization, provide money, provide a regional security...
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the story points out that the obama administration is set to announce retooling loans for ford motor company, nissan motor company and tesla motors, the first under a $25 million program to spur fuel-efficient vehicles in the u.s. we're asking the question about the economy and some of the headlines indicating there are some mixed signals. give us a call or -- >> washington journal is live every day at 7 a.m. eastern. we're going to leave this recorded segment as the u.s. senate's gaveling back in. possible this afternoon work on 2010 legislative branch spending. safety rapid response act of 2009. i do this in conjunction with my colleague from the state of minnesota, senator klobuchar. and i want to recognize her for strong leadership on this. she and i are both members on the senate committee on agriculture, nutrition and forestry. on that commission, she's been extremely active. on this particular issue, we've had the opportunity to dialogue on any number of occasions. and thanks to her cooperation, her leadership, we have developed and are cosponsoring the food safety rapid respo
the story points out that the obama administration is set to announce retooling loans for ford motor company, nissan motor company and tesla motors, the first under a $25 million program to spur fuel-efficient vehicles in the u.s. we're asking the question about the economy and some of the headlines indicating there are some mixed signals. give us a call or -- >> washington journal is live every day at 7 a.m. eastern. we're going to leave this recorded segment as the u.s. senate's...
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bush administration and ron kirk who served in the obama administration. we have a sickly 35 years of trade and negotiating experience here and i want to take advantage of it. the first issue to really begin with a big picture, the president has taken the country in a different direction on trade and we can talk about whether that is the right direction or not a bit later. let's begin what you guys think this is. a hiccup that will go away or whether you think this is the beginning of a long-term shift in american thinking towards more managed trade, more protection. i think if you're in a story and you step back to what it used to be 100 years ago, are we reverting or is this just economic. do you want to begin in the we'll see if anybody else wants to talk. >> i'm not sure that i have the gift of prophecy. i'm not sure where we are headed. i think we are in no way sort of going back when we talked about international trade is that there've related only to manufactured goods. that is confusing people. it is some sense that you can come to grips with on on
bush administration and ron kirk who served in the obama administration. we have a sickly 35 years of trade and negotiating experience here and i want to take advantage of it. the first issue to really begin with a big picture, the president has taken the country in a different direction on trade and we can talk about whether that is the right direction or not a bit later. let's begin what you guys think this is. a hiccup that will go away or whether you think this is the beginning of a...
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under the obama administration, which is disengaging under multilateral rhetoric, iran is going to acquire nuclear weapons. we will be safer with a nuclear iran. final thought for those who think we have workers they. and do this is a thought experiment for the past 100 years, including debt. suppose the united states did not exist. choose your region. east asia be more t-tango, more secure, more safe, leaving it up to the chinese, russians and japanese clicks will europe be more for your safe living in a to the germans and russians once again? is the middle east reads that really reaching a tranquility of four massive nation and imperialism of the united states? we are not a perfect nation. we have made mistakes, but my eloquent debate partner has committed the fallacy of moral equivalent. for all the problems of the united states, for all the mistakes we made, american power is central to any decent game of provisional just to. and the 20th century and in the foreseeable future. [applause] >> now we have time for questions from the audience. if anyone is a question, there's a microphone
under the obama administration, which is disengaging under multilateral rhetoric, iran is going to acquire nuclear weapons. we will be safer with a nuclear iran. final thought for those who think we have workers they. and do this is a thought experiment for the past 100 years, including debt. suppose the united states did not exist. choose your region. east asia be more t-tango, more secure, more safe, leaving it up to the chinese, russians and japanese clicks will europe be more for your safe...